Mets able to avoid the sweep

The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants today by the score of 5-2 to avoid the three game sweep.  They will now open a three game weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.  The Mets got a great pitching effort out of Mike Pelfrey who needed that badly as he has struggled so far this season.  K-rod had a four out save but made it interesting in the ninth inning loading the bases with one out.  He was able to get a strike out and have Buster Posey ground out to end the game.  The Mets improved their record to 13-18.  Reyes and Beltran continue to play well and will be potential July trade bait, I would guess that both will be gone. 

Reyes has been rumored in the last couple of days to be going to the Giants.  Both teams denied even talking saying they haven't done so since the winter.  I could see him going to the Giants because they could use a shortstop but not this early in the season.  The Mets put Pedro Beato on the 15 day DL and called up Mike O'Connor, that is actually a couple of days old. 

This Dodgers series should be good, it is the oldtime New York team which is always fun and also Andre Ethier comes to town with a 29 game hitting streak.  He missed the last game then they were off yesterday so he has had two full days off.  Can the Mets stop the streak or will it go to 32 games before he leaves town.

Regular Season Game 11-Mets at Cardinals

The New York Mets will try and even up their 3 game series with the Cardinals today at 4:00PM. Here are some notes and the lineups for todays game. Johan Santana will face Jaime Garcia. Jeff Francoeur has a 10 game hitting streak to start the yr which is second in franchise history. David Wright is first with a 14 game hitting streak to start last season. Francoeur leads the majors with a 535 on base percentage. He is second in batting average at 457 and 4th with a 857 slugging percentage. The Mets have to win the next 2 games to avoid losing their first 4 series for the first time since 1997. Since 2004 Johan Santana leads the majors in wins(100), era(2.87), strikeouts(1343) and batting avg against(219). Pedro Feliciano needs one more appearance to make it 373 which would be 4th on the all time Mets list ahead of Jesse Orosco. Mets Lineup: Reyes(SS) Castillo(2B) Wright(3B) Bay(LF) Francoeur(RF) Tatis(1B) Barajas(C) Pagan(CF) Santana(P)

Yankees win rain shortened Game

The New York Yankees won a rain shortened 6 inning game tonight. The final score was 5-1 and CC Sabathia was great again. He pitched 6 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits, 0 walks and 9 strikeouts. Joe Girardi and Francisco Cervelli who caught him again tonight thought he was even better this time out. Here is what Girardi had to say "That's about as good as we have seen him. 73 pitches and 58 strikes? It seemed like his first 10 or 12 pitches were all strike tonight. He was outstanding." He had a couple of hits given up in the first inning but other then that he breezed right through a powerful Texas lineup. He retired 11 straight at one point and struck out 6 straight at one point. Here is what Cervelli said "I think he pitched better today, he was throwing nasty pitches." Cervelli and him really have a good chemistry going together, CC says it is because they are constantly talking even when neither of them are playing in the game. Cervelli says that CC doesn't treat him like a rookie, more like a veteran catcher, he tells Cervelli just call your game and I will follow you. It really is great for a young rookie catcher to be catching outstanding games from the ace of the team, his confidence will only grow. He also contributed offensively with a rbi single and infield single. Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano became the first set of Yankees teammates to start off a season with 10 game hitting streaks, congratulations to them. Mark Teixeira continues to struggle but that is his track record in April and then by the end of the year his numbers are there. Marcus Thames continues to hit lefties and I think we have a platoon situation going on in left field. The two teams will meet in Game 2 of the 3 game series tomorrow afternoon with A.J. Burnett on the mound.